Soap-dispenser.



N0- 798,l63. E PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. W. T. CARTER. SOAP DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. l1, 1904.

'UNITED sTATns WILLIAM T. CARTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOAP-DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed November 11, 1904. Serial No. 232,314.

To {1J/Z whom, 7275 11e/,ty concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dispensers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is a dispenser for liquid soap of that kind in which thesoap is held in a re-y ceptacle and is discharged therefrom by operatinga valve in the bottom thereof.

The object of the invention is to produce a device characterized byimprovement with respect to the valve construction.

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a section through the valve. Fig. 3 is a top view.Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a holder for theliquid soap. This is preferably made of glass and has a cover 7 at thetop and an opening in the bottom through which the valve works. Theholder issupported by a bracket consisting of a metal band 8, whichextends around the holder, and an arm 9 connected to the band by meansof angle-pieces 10 and a bolt 11. The angle-pieces 10 are riveted to theends of the band and the bolt extends through said angle-pieces and theend of the arm 9, said end being between said pieces. This connectionpermits swing or adjustment of the arm to any angle desired toaccommodate the local conditions. The other end of the arm has a clamp12 for attachment to a pipe, faucet, or other support.

l/Vith reference to the valve at the bottom of the holder, 14 indicatesa tube which fits through the hole in the bottom of the holder and isfixed in place by nuts 15 and 16 on the inside and outside,respectively. This tube has side openings 17, produced by cutting awaythe wall of the tube on opposite sides, to allow the flow of soap intoand down through the tube. It opens into a chamber 17, the size of whichdetermines the quantity of soap delivered at each operation.

18 indicates an air-tube which extends from vthe chamber 17a through thetube 14 to nearly the top of the holder. This tube 18 is open at the topand at the bottom has a port 19 opening into chamber 17a.

20 indicates a tubular valve, provided with ports 21 at the top andports 22 at the bottom. This valve works through a nut 23 litted in thebottom of the chamber 17 the arrangement being such that when the valveis down the inlet-ports 21 are closed, and when the valve is pushed upsaid ports open into the chamber 17u andthe soap flows into thesamevthrough the tube 2O and out the ports 22. A coiled spring 24normally holds the valve closed.

In operation the valve 2O is pressed up by hand. The reduced portion 25thereof enters and closes the lower end of the tube 11i, the shoulder 25coming in contact with the nut 16. This opens the ports 21, so that thesoap in the chamber 17 a flows out through the same and air enters downthrough the tube 18 to till the space in the chamber 17. As soon as thevalve drops soap flows into the chamber through the tube 14, forcing theair into the chamber up through the passage 19 and tube 18 into theholder above the top of the soap therein, insuring a free flow of soap.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a holder, of a delivery-chamber thereunder, atube connecting the holder and chamber, and a hollow valve which worksthrough the bottom of the chamber and has an air-tube extending fromsaid chamber through said tube and up into the holder, and also hasinlet and outlet deliveryports from the chamber.

2. The combination with a holder, of a delivery-chamber thereunder,aconnecting-tube between the same, ahollow valve which works through thebottom of the chamber and has inlet and outlet ports opened by liftingthe valve, an air-tube mounted on top of the valve and extending fromthe chamber through said connecting-tube and into the holder, and areturn-spring bearing upon the valve.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. CARTER.

Witnesses:

WM. J. ROBINSON, SIGNA FELTsIIoG.

